Stress

Shanksville With my busy academic schedule and numerous extracurricular activities, each week of school can be quite stressful. Whether I am studying for tests, completing homework, or organizing a meeting, there is always something to do. My first step in relieving stress is to make sure I have all of my assignments completed by the time the 3 p.m. bell rings on Friday afternoon. Not having school work over the weekend is a huge relief, and puts my mind at ease. Once I have all of my work done I am able to spend time with family and friends.

PA CareerLink of Cambria County will host a job fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 15 at the Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center, 445 Schoolhouse Road in Richland Township. Approximately 30 vendors had registered at the event as of July 8. The theme for the fair is "Surfing the Pa CareerLink" and will focus on the Internet's increased importance in submitting job applications and finding employment. The fair will include a career resource area opening at 8 a.m. for job seekers to update their resumes and have them printed for potential employers.

Volunteers wanted: Must have a history of ischemic heart disease and no musical training at all. The assignment? Participate in a study at Windber Research Institute to determine if music relieves stress on a molecular level. Darrell Ellsworth, Ph.D., senior director of the integrative cardiac and metabolic health program at WRI, is studying heart disease and breast cancer at the molecular level to improve patient treatment and care. Registered nurse Jean Brinker is the director of the institute of integrative medicine.

The pressure of trying to hit a great golf shot every time can lead to stress, according to Dr. Edward Palank He reports that stress is difficult to define because it is a subjective event that is different for everyone. It can manifest itself in feelings of fear, anxiety, and uncertainty. We can even exacerbate our level of stress by an incorrect assumption or perception of an event. Stress is part of everyday life, whether it's traffic, job and family responsibilities, or even stepping up to the first tee in front of our friends.

After months of incessant work hunched over keyboards for journalism and yearbook, six hours of dance class per week, and a job mandating mopping, vacuuming, and sweeping, I decided circumstances called for drastic measures: I booked a massage. Both a friend and a sister referenced JCPenny?s massage services at the Galleria. I was surprised they offered such a service because we often picture the department store goodies of perfume, clothing, accessories and appliances. And now a massage table in aisle six, left of the escalator?

The Johnstown-based Integrative Medicine Advisory Council is donating a state-of-the-art massage chair to the Palliative Care Unit at Memorial Medical Center Thursday. The gift will be presented after a seminar that focuses on the benefits of certain therapies during palliative care. The automated chair, valued at more than $2,000, will be available to patients, family members and palliative care staff to help make them more comfortable and to relieve the stress that comes with chronic, serious or terminal illnesses.

The entire country is in a state of sadness at the news of the shootings in Virginia Monday morning. A senior student from South Korea is believed to have been involved in two separate killing sprees at the University of Virginia Tech. It's being called the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. There are many reasons for people to lash out against society including anger, stress, and acts of terrorism. Unfortunately the same result always occurs - innocent people are hurt or killed.

There are some very good reasons why caregivers must take care of themselves, too, including a few that may surprise you. According to a report presented to the National Institutes of Health in 2006, ?Family caregivers experiencing extreme stress have been shown to age prematurely. This level of stress can take as much as 10 years off a family caregiver?s life.? Given such research findings, how can you survive and thrive as a caregiver? The National Family Caregivers Association suggests following four fundamental tenets in your own personal search for a sense of direction and inner peace: "1. Choose To Take Charge Of Your Life.

Spring has come and it is apparent that everyone is eager for it. The smell of freshly cut grass has been wafting through the town of Salisbury, giving off the impression that spring has come to stay. Trees are sprouting out buds and flowers are blooming. The cool breeze brings refreshment to the mind, awakening us from our winter slumber. With spring comes a favorite activity of many; gardening. Gardening has benefits other than delicious home grown food. To start with, gardening is great exercise.

"My team is not dirty. All the issues were on their side of the field. This is a football game, not a Hallmark Moment. " Quote from Scott Lago - a Pop Warner football coach in Southbridge, Mass. after a game in which five opposing players all 12 or younger, suffered concussions as reported in the New York Times When I read this quote the other day, it hit me that maybe, just maybe, our Neanderthal selves are much more part of us than we would like to admit. It's kind of like that chimp that ripped off the neighbor's face.

Summer is upon us and with it comes the concern about heat stress in cattle. Somerset County, admittedly, doesn't have to worry about heat stress except for a couple of weeks out of the year. But the surrounding areas are frequently hit hard by scorching summer temperatures. There are two distinct types of heat related problems that we worry about in cattle, heat stroke and chronic heat stress. Heat stroke, or acute hyperthermia, happens suddenly and is often fatal to cattle.

WINDBER - To a roomful of educators, police and local officials, Richland Township police Chief Mike Burgan said he has learned a frightening lesson on safety and “active shooters” in the community. “I'm here to tell you that everybody gets the idea that that's not going to happen here,” Burgan said. That sense of security was shattered for him on Sept. 13, the day a Johnstown man drove to the police department and fired a round from a shotgun into a police cruiser, he said.

Bishop Mark Bartchak used an analogy of door keys and Scripture to deliver a Christmas message to Catholics in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese. One day while visiting his mother in an apartment building for older adults, he saw a man who was trying to deliver packages to the other man's mother-in-law, but he hadn't brought a key and his mother-in-law had difficulty hearing and didn't hear the intercom. “We are about to celebrate Christmas during a year of faith,” Bartchak said.

Kris Toomey remembers her reaction when she first saw the video featuring people who were in the Capitol on Sept. 11, 2001. “I first saw it at the (Evening of Remembrance) dinner (May 15) and I was not prepared,” she said in a telephone interview. “I didn't have any tissues with me. My dinner napkin was as black as could be. But that video shows why it is important that the Flight 93 National Memorial be completed.” She is the wife of Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey.

Somerset County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ron Aldom said he enjoyed his second trip to Washington, D.C., to participate in a White House Business Council forum. Aldom said about 40 people attended the forum to talk about the "fiscal cliff," a combination of tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts that will take effect in 2013 unless Congress intervenes. He said representatives from tourism, manufacturing and energy companies participated. "It really wasn't an open-ended discussion absolutely revolving around the fiscal cliff," he said.

"My team is not dirty. All the issues were on their side of the field. This is a football game, not a Hallmark Moment. " Quote from Scott Lago - a Pop Warner football coach in Southbridge, Mass. after a game in which five opposing players all 12 or younger, suffered concussions as reported in the New York Times When I read this quote the other day, it hit me that maybe, just maybe, our Neanderthal selves are much more part of us than we would like to admit. It's kind of like that chimp that ripped off the neighbor's face.

Danchanko's daughter, Autumn, 2, died tragically in October 2011. "Life has now become a marathon," he said. "Every day is a race just to make it through. I pray no one ever has to attempt to resuscitate their own child. " Danchanko suffers from severe PTSD. His symptoms were recognized by his brother, Bill. Bill Danchanko also suffers from PTSD from his recent tour in Afghanistan, where he served on the medical/surgical team dealing daily with civilian and military casualties.

U.S. Rep. Mark Critz, D-Johnstown, said progress in Congress can only be made with bipartisan communication. He is running against Republican Keith Rothfus, Sewickley, for Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District seat. “It's not about party. It's about project,” Critz said during the Daily American Virtual Town Hall with Congressional Candidates Wednesday. He said members of Congress on the far left and far right slow progress by not working together. “I think we need to sit down at the table and work things out,” he said.

It is no secret that bullying creates strife for young people who already have to deal with the stress of becoming adults. Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic School in Johnstown is implementing a revitalized version of its Anti-Bullying program to help address these types of behaviors. “It is important to show them this idea that bullying is not an acceptable behavior,” junior high school teacher Patty Gable said. Gable was part of kickoff for the revitalized program, which started last school year.

Late summer is always an interesting time on the beef farm. In cow-calf herds where cows deliver their calves in the spring, fall is the time to wean the calves. If you've ever lived near a beef farm, or maybe even driven past one after weaning, you'll understand what I mean. Weaning is the process of abruptly removing the suckling calf from the lactating cow. Since the process is abrupt, I'm not really certain why it's called "weaning" as that word connotes a gradual process. Nonetheless, at some point it becomes necessary to separate the cow and her calf.